In this Dutch name, the surname is van Wijk, not Wijk.

Dennis Johannes van Wijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛnɪ ɕoːˈɦɑnəs fɑɱ ˈʋɛik];[a] born 16 December 1962) is a Dutch football coach and former football player. He is currently unemployed after most recently managing Oostende in the Belgian First Division A.

Van Wijk was a left-back who began his career in the youth system of Ajax Amsterdam. He was unable to break into the first team and joined Norwich City F.C. in 1982. He spent four years at Carrow Road and was a member of the Norwich teams that won the English League Cup in 1985 and the Second Division Championship in 1986. In that 1985 final, Van Wijk conceded a penalty kick when he handled in the area. To the relief of Van Wijk and Norwich, Clive Walker of Sunderland missed the penalty and Norwich won 1–0.

After leaving Norwich, Van Wijk played for a series of teams until 1995. He won the Belgian League championship and Belgian Supercup with Club Brugge . After having managed several Belgium teams since 1995, he became manager of Willem II Tilburg in the Netherlands in 2006. On 4 November 2007, he left the club due to bad performances of the team. Van Wijk is the son of former professional footballer Hassie van Wijk.

Career

As a player

As manager

Honours

As manager

As a player

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Dennis, Johannes and van are pronounced [ˈdɛnɪs], [joːˈɦɑnəs] and [vɑn], respectively.

References

  1. ^ a b "Dennis van Wijk". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "DH.be – Dennis van Wijk de retour à Roulers". Dhnet.saipm.com. 29 October 2008. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011.

Sources

  • Davage, Mark; Eastwood, John; Platt, Kevin (2001). Canary Citizens. Jarrold Publishing. ISBN 0-7117-2020-7.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_van_Wijk
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